Lilly Ledbetter, a manager at a Goodyear tire plant who, after discovering that she was earning far less than the men in her position, spent years battling for equal pay for women, filing a ...
GADSDEN, Ala. — Lilly Ledbetter, a women's equality activist whose sex discrimination lawsuit against her employer culminated in a major equal wage legislation bearing her name, has died.
Ledbetter's life is a good reminder that the fight for justice doesn't always end at the courthouse doors. Lilly Ledbetter, who died over the weekend at age 86, was one of those Americans.
Oct. 14 (UPI) --Lilly Ledbetter, who championed women's rights and equal pay, has died at the age of 86. Ledbetter, who was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, died Saturday night of ...
Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at age 86, according to the team making a film about her life.Video above ...
Lilly Ledbetter, an activist for equal pay whose legal fight against her employer paved the way for the Fair Pay Act, has ...
"Michelle and I are grateful for her advocacy and her friendship," former President Barack Obama said in a statement about Ledbetter's death Mark Wilson/Getty Lilly Ledbetter, a pioneer in the ...
Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay ...